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WEATHER REPORT.
Fair tonight and Saturday.
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VOL. 21.
PENDLETON, OREGON, Fit I DAY, AUGUST 14. 1008.
NO. 6351
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SMALL FIRE IN
TRIBUNE OFFICE,
Pilot Rock Bogus Check Artist
Taken by Sheriff Taylor at
Nampa, Idaho,
HOUSE LEFT NEAR DAKEIl
GAVE FIRST CLEW.
After Securing a Horse at tlic Mortie
Stable in Pilot Rock, Van Winkle
Rode South Fast I'klnh Until He
Struck the Siunptcr Valley Rail,
way When Mno Miles From Ba
ker lie Abandoned the Horse and
Walked In Captured tat Nampa
I-ast Night.
.
A small fire of mysterjous
origin In the office of tHe
Morning Tribune about 7
o'clock thla morning, was die-
covered Just In time to prevent
the destruction of the plant.
The fire started In the pile of
papers collected about the
folder after the last boy had
gone out and the office was
deserted. A. O. Carden and
Fred Olcott, coming to work for
the day at 7:30, discovered the
blaze, which had cleaned up
the floor and had started In on
the wall. By. heroic work they
extinguished the flames without
the aid of the department.
It Is conceded that a few
minutes more and the Interior
of the plant would have been
In flames.
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Asa E. Van Winkle, who cashed
bogus checks to the amount of 195,
two weeks ago and then rode a horse
belonging to the liveryman, Morse,
out of the country, has been captured
by Sheriff T. p. Taylor of Ihls coun-
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EXPLOSION
Two Killed, Three Fatally
Hurt, Dozens Burned and
Score Almost Suffocated.
BYSTANDER LIGHTS
MATCH, CAUSES DISASTER
(iiKain Lovelace, American Aeronaut
Is About to Make Ascennlon When
Terrible Catastrophe Takes Place
Tremendous Crowd Had Gathered
Around to Witness Inflation of
MoiiNter Rug When (lie Explosion
of (inn Occurred.
STOPPED TO BUTTON SHOES .
AND IS BURNED TO DEATH.
Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 14. A. R.
ty at Nampa. Idaho, and Is now In Warrener, who stopped to button his
tho custody of the sheriff on his way
' to this city.
A lone horse, wearing a saddle and
having a pair of schaps attached to
the saddle, roaming at largo In the
Vicinity of Bnker City, led to the cap.
turc of young Van Winkle.
After cashing the bogus checks the
young man secured a horse from
jVore at Pilot Rock, and rode south
.Ijward VklaV Tur.iing easi he
.'.ruck the Sutnpter Valley road, and
Jfollowed It down to within nine miles
;of Baker City, where he turned the
-'horse loose with the saddle on him
Uind his chaps tied to the saddle.
v
) The horse attracted the attention
shoes' today when a rooming house
In which he was living caught fire,
was burned to death. Twenty occu
pants narrowly escaped.
Bart Warrener, brother of the dead
man, was overcome twice by smoke
but escaped.
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PRACTICAL JOKERS
TAMPER WITH MACHINE.
Of the officials of Baker county and
lipon receiving a description of the
animal Sheriff Taylor was convinced Kwc,,,,' I'waI Recording Phono-
that It was the one ridden out of tho
county by Van Winkle, and so he took
up the trail and has been rewarded
y finding his man.
It Is now possible that two charges
ihat of horse stealing and of hashing
pogus checks, will be lodged against
the young man, although this Is not
fertaln.
Sheriff Taylor arrived at Baker
City today with his man, where the
horse was Identified by Van Wlnklo
and the sheriff and his prisoner will
rtach this pity on No. 5 tonight.
Developments that will perhaps In
volve a number of other Pilot Rock
people are expected when young Van
Wlnklo Is placed on trial as It Is de
clared that he secured money on the
bogus checks to gamble with and If
this Is the case, charges of gambling
Will be brought against All those In
volved. I
THREE CHARGES FOR
SELLING WHISKEY.
La Grande, Ore., Aug. 14. Three
charges for selling liquor In prohlbl
ti n territory have been lodged
against Nels Holverson, a former sa
Icbn man of Hilgard, 'who is now
conducting a soft drink parlor at Hll
gnrd and Kameln. Upon the second
offense a Jail sentence Is Imposed by
the prohibition law and It Is now al
most certain that Holverson will lay
In the county Jail for from 20 to 30
days for breaking the lnw. He has
been arrested and will be tried at
once. This Is the third violator of
the prohibition lnw nrrested In" Union
county since the law went Into effect j
on July 1.
graph I Ixmdcd with "Obscene Lit
ernturc" When He Attempts to
SIkw It Off to Visking Lady
Friends More Cautious Now.
District Attorney F. S. Ivanhoe of
the Union-Wallowa county disctrict Is
a very busy man, and in order to
facilitate his work he recently In
stalled a recording pronograph In his
office, that he might talk his Instruc
tions to his stenographer Into it and
then leave town, If necessary, in the
dlschnrgo of his duties.
The thing works all right. Major
Ivanhoo plans his work ahead and
before leaving theofflce In the even
ing he puts on a fresh wax cylinder
and delivers his explicit Instructions
to his stenographer, who puts the
records on the machine next morning
and listens to the stentorian tones of
the district attorney and follows In
structions to the letter.
It Is a time saver and works all
right, and Major Ivanhoe Is proud
of his Innovation. So far as Is known
he Is the only district attorney In
Eastern Oregon to adopt this progres
sive method.
But It brought grief and mortifica
tion beyond language to describe to
the major a few days ago. As he
takes pride In exhibiting his new ma
chine and In rendering his own rea
ords for the edification of his friends
he has frequent visitors who have
heard of the new method of the dis
trict attorney.
A few mornings ago a number of
prominent women of La Grande call
ed to see how the new machine work
ed and to hear Major Ivanhoe's voice
London, Aug. 14. Two were killed
outright, three were fatally hurt, a
dozen frightfully burned and a score
almost suffocated at the France
British exhibition when the huge bal
loon of Captain Lovelace, an Ameri
can aeronaut, exploded with a ter
rific detonation.
The body of Miss Blanche Hill, an
American -and Lovelace's secretary,
was taken from t he ruins. The
ground was rocked and hundreds of
windows were shattered.
A bystander lighting a match, Ig
nited the gas which resulted in the
explosion.
A tremendous crowd had gathered
to witness the ascension. The mon
ster balloon was Le'ng Inflated and
the crowd gathered close around It.
The framework of the structure
used for Inflation, was shattered and
the trappings scattered over the
whole ground. Most of the persons
were blistered by the gas.
The panic Is Indescribable. Women
and children were trampled upon.
Captain Lovelace was badly Injured.
Miss Hill was missing for some time
and It was hoped Bhe had escaped,
but when the ruins were cleared, her
body was found, crushed. A man's
body mis also taken from the same
ruins. k
The Inflation was nearly com
pleted when the match was struck.
Lovelace Is almost Insane with grief.
Lovelace Is a New Yorker.
New York, Aug. 14. 'Lovelace Is
a resident of New York and went to
London with Dr. Julllan Thomas, a
New York aeronaut, representing
the Aero club of America.
OF
EON TIMES
Portuguese Count ! Chained
Wife to Wall and Fed Her
Bread and Water. :
WOMAN DRIVEN INSANE
AND BABY WILL DIE.
Farts Given to Public Relative to
Banishment of Count Mar gall io Re,
veal Existence of One of Most
Cruel Barbarians of Ancient or
Modem Times Emaciated Form of
Once Beautiful Wife Found Cliain
cd to Wall In Attic with Starving
Babe In Corner,
Llbson, Portugal, Aug. 14. A mod
ern Bluebeard was revealed today
when the facts leading to the recent
banishment of Count Margalho, lord
of an old Portuguese family, from the
king's court became public. He was
banished for torturing his beautiful
oung wife until she went insane and
mistreating his Infant child until it
Is feared the title one can not live.
The count was brought before the
king, Ucpihcd of the high offices he
held under the late King Carlos and
sent from the country In disgrace.
The count married a daughter of a
rich Lisbon banker three years ago.
Two years later the w!f and child
disappeared.'- The count gave no ex
planation. .
The police Investigated, visited the
count's house, breaking the tightly
sealed doors leading to the attic cham
ber and found the countess chained to
the wall. Her features were distorted
by suffering, her hair white and her
form reduced almost to a skeleton.
The child. In a worse condition, lay
on a pile of rags in a corner, half dead
from hunger.
The servants confessed that the
mother mid cniid had been held In the
attic during the entire year and fed
on bread and water.
In defense of the count It is said
the wife had been paying attention
to a navy officer.
BOY SPECULATOR '
LAUGHS AT WALL STREET.
New York, Aug. 14. Having
added another million dollars
to his cotton profits, Hesse E.
Llvermore, "the boy speculat
or," Is laughing at Wall street
today. Llvermore, who Is be
lieved to be trying to corner the
market by a trick of older brok
ers by "seesawing," is reaping a
rich harvest. A million dollar
coup was made by him Wednes
day, but the news of it Just leak
ed out. The brokers have learn
ed that Wednesday's raid was.
the young man . unloading his
cotton.
BOY DESPERADO
IS HIM
Joseph Emery, Aged 14, is
Most Notorious Youth in
Southwest.
ADMITS FOUR BURGLARIES
AND ONE HOLDUP.
Food for Fleet.
Washington, Aug. 14. With a car
go consisting of 600,000 pounds of
flour, 400,000 pounds of potatoes and
a large supply of canned meats and
dessicated vegetables, the transport
Buffalo will sail from San Francisco
to Manila tomorrow. The provisions.
are intended for the Atlantic fleet.
About January 1 the supply ship
Celtic will cross the Atlantic with a
similar cargo to meet the fleet at
Port Said on Gibraltar.
Baseball Scores.
Portland 3, Los Angeles 1.
San Francisco 1, Oakland 0.
Reared Among Criminals and Edu
cated in Crime Alone Wfng Re
lease From Reform School on Good
Behavior Only to Resume Opera
tions Heavily Armed WTien Taken
Slips nandcuffs and Tries to Es
cape by Jumping From Train.
1
IMES
TO
MIDNIGHT FIE
COLORED COLONY ESCAPES
IN NIGHT DRESS GARB.
West Las Vegas, N. M., Aug. 14.
Confessing to four burglaries and on
holdup, Joseph Emery, 14 years old,
was given a hearing In the Justice
court today and bound over to await
the action of the grand Jury.
Emery Is the most notorious youth
In the southwest. He was reared!
among criminals and his entire edu
cation was derived in the under
world.
At one time he was confined In a
reform school, but won his release
by good' behavior. He then resumed
criminal operations.
When arrested he was heavily arm
ed. He was handcuffed and on the
way to Jail slipped his cuffs off and
attempted to escape by Jumping from
the train.
MRS. M PIIERSON'S FUNERAL.
House at Corner of Alia and Willow I
I
Pioneer Woman of South Part of the
County Laid to Rest In Olney Cem
etery. Mrs. Rosa Mcpherson, who died at
HEROIC RESCUE OF
CHILD BY MOTHER,
DITCH CAUSES MURDER.
(Continued on Page 8.)
S IT W II
Ranchers Quarrel and Deadly Rifle
Is Used by One.
' Kelowna, B. C, Aug, 14. J. R.
layton, a rancher near Vernon, was
shot and instantly killed today b
John Anderson, n rancher, as a' re
suit of a dispute over an Irrigation
ditch.
Layton and his partner wore dig.
King a ditch across Anderson's prop
erty. Anderson got Ills rifle and kill
ed Layton Instantly. He surrendered
t.i the Vernon police.
Inventor Attacks Manufacturer.
Chicago, Aug. 14. Plelding insan
Ity, John Dowllng, an Inventor from
Olympin, Wash., was today commit
ted to prison on the charge of et
tempting to murder John Pondelaojc,
a wealthy manufacturer of this city,
The trouble was the result of a con.
ference over an Invention Pondelnek
put on the market for Dowllng, who
said he received no profit.
According to reports from Walla
Walla, when tho extension of the
electric line Is completed to Weston,
Athena and Pendleton, electric cars
will not be used on the tracks, but
Instead gasoline motor cars, carrying
about 60 people, will be used.
While tho compnny has not defi
nitely announced this change In the
style of the road, It Is yet understood
that gasoline motor cars are now be
ing constructed In the east for this
road and when the system Is extended
electricity will be abandoned.
The adoption of the gasoline motor
cars will save the expense of electric
wires and poles and will also make the
maintenance of the system much less
expensive, and It Is believed that the
new cars will be equally as satisfac
tory aa the electric cars. ,
It is understood that as soon as har
vest is over and farmers are through
with summer work that the work of
securing additional right of way will
begin, and everything points to the
completion of the system to this city.
Tnclflc Fleet to Cruise.
Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Aug. 14.
Workmen are busy preparing the
ships of the Pacific fleet, for a fall
.cruise In the South Pacific. The dftto
of departure of the cruisers Wash
ington, Tennessee and Pennsylvania
has been postponed from Saturday
until Sunday morning. The Colorado
sails for San Francisco early to
morrow morning.
Llpton Clip Series.
Chicago, Aug. 14. A three days'
yacht race meeting which will surpass
all previous contests of the Llpton cup
series will be commenced tomorrow,
continuing Monday and Tuesday. In
terest among the yachtsmen of the
lake region Is Intense, as the race
promises to be exceedingly close.
Fulton, M.d , Aug. 14. After div
lug Into an 18-foot well, saving her
2-year-old baby from drowning, then
climbing to a place of safety and hold
ing the child in her teeth, Mrs. J. B
Stephenson, a little woman, is the
heroine of Fulton today.
The woman- was alone In her home
yesterday when the baby fell Into the
well. Hearing Its screams, the mother
Jumped Into the well.
PENDLETON MAN AN OFFICER.
J. W. Mnloney Will Bo Commander
on Staff of Astoria Regatta Admi
ral. Portland, Aug. 14. Admiral Geo.
S. Shepperd of the 14th annual re
gatta to be held at Astoria August
27, 28 and 29, today named his offic
ers and staff. Among the comman
ders on the staff are William Church
of La Grande, C. A. Johns Baker City,
and J. W. Maloney of Pendleton.
This promises to be the most success
ful regatta ever held in thlg section
of the country.
Twenty-five Cents a Copy.
A daily newspaper that sells for 25
cents a copy and whose subscription
price is $20 a year, is the Nome Dally
Gold Digger, published in Nome,
Alaska, by S. H. Stevens. The paper
Is a four-page sheet, well filled with
advertising and handling the news In
a modern style, most of it relating to
Alaskan happenings. The entire pa
per Is set matter, and the editorial
page Is In the two-column wide style,
with breezy comments of matters in
general and gold matters m partlcu-
ar. It speaks of Itself as the biggest
dally newspaper north of the 53d
line.
Streets, Occupied by Negroes, j Everett, Wash., a few days ago, wa
Catches Fire In Middle of Night ,Iad t0 rest this afternoon in Olney
Origin or Blaze a Complete Mys-1 cemetery. The funeral was quite
tery Furniture Insured. largely attended by old frleada and
" ' neighbors of the south part of the
Fire which it Is supposed caught county, where she formerly lived,
from the electric wiring routed out a j The pallbearers, all old neighbors of
colored colony at midnight last night j the deceased woman, were as follows:
and a number of the occupants of judge T. P. Gllliland, T. J. Tweedy,
the house were forced to leave in ' Mac Gllliland, M. J. Carney, J. B.
their night clothes.( I Despaln and Clarence Depew. The
The residence, belonging to Mrs. funeral was held at the Rader un
M. A. Raley and occupied by a num- dertaklng parlors.
ber of colored people, at the corner)
NORWOOD AT nEPPNER.
of Alta and Willow, was the scene of!
the fire, and although the Inside was
badly damaged it was saved from , District Fair Wagon Is Now Covering
total destruction by the timely arrival Morrow County and Finds Much
of the Pendleton volunteer company. ', Interest.
The fire was discovered at 12:20' Harry C. Norwood, who left here
and had evidently been blazing for! a week ago In charge of the district
some time then ,as it had gained fair ( fair advertising wagon to cover south.
headway.
ine alarm was sounded, em Umatilla and Morrow counties
and within a short time a l uge crowd writes to Secretary Thomas Fltz Ger
of volunteer firemen wore on the aid from Heppner that he finds much
ground, and by vigorous action saved ii.tereft in the fair in Morrow county
the building and a portion of its con- and that exhibits are already being
tents. It is estimated that about halt gathered by farmers In the Hardman
of the contents were either consumed district.
by fore or damaged to such an ex- ' Whife many of the leading citizens
tent as to be a total loss. of Heponer are now absent from
The cause of the fire Is unknown,-' home In the mountains or at the sea-
although it is supposed to have caught ccast, yet he enlisted the help of a
from the electric wiring. large number of people and expects
The household goods belonged to, to have a fine exhibit from that
Mrs. M. Merlcle, who is in Idaho. In
surance was carried on the goods to
the amount of $500 in the Northern
Assurance company, through Major
Moorhouse, local agent.
She had rented the house and goods
to a number of colored people, who
have been occupying it for some time.
county. -tfjJ
S. J. Warner also writes encourag
ingly from Athena and the north part
of the county and people are gather
ing exhibits with much zeal. As the
time approaches it becomes more ap
parent that the 1908 fair will be the
best yet held In this district.
IIUT IL00AD ill IN TIE GIT!
Shanghai, Aug. 14. A through
train train service for connection with
the mall and steamship service here
was commenced toUay on the South
Manehurlan railroad between Dalny
and Shanghai.
Julius Kruttschnitt, vice-president
and general manager of aH the Har
rlman lines and director of mainte
nance and operation of a large part
of the mileage of the Harriman sys
tems, was a guest of Pendleton last
evening.
Mr. Kruttschnitt arrived from P6rt
land at 3:30 yesterday afternoon on
a special train of three cars, Incom
pany with General Superintendent M.
J. Buskley and Chief Engineer G. W.
Boschke of the O. R. & N. system,
and left after a brief stay here for
Starbuck on a tour of Inspection of
the lines.
Mr. Kruttschnitt Is next to E. H.
Harriman and Is one of the best
posted and most practical railroad
men in the United States and is one
of the strong men in the Harriman
cabinet of managers. He looks after
the maintenance and operation of a
large part of the 11,000 miles of the
Harriman systems and is personally
familiar with every division of that
vast mileage.
Mr. Kruttschnitt Is now 55 years
of age and has devoted the greater
part of his life to railroad work.
He Is a most affable man to meet, and'
while his responsibilities and work
are of Immense magnitude yet he has
time to meet and talk with the em
ployes and get In touch with the de
partments by actual contact.